Get involved Quote by Bob Woodward

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.

— Bob Woodward

What was Watergate? A little bugging!

— Richard M. Nixon

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

— Conrad Black

This story, I predict, will grow to be worse than Watergate. The American people need to have the answers.

— Curt Weldon

Watergate is a sad and tragic incident in our history. They were wrong, dead wrong, those men at Watergate. Men abused power, but the…

— John Wayne

The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step,…

— Bob Woodward

I think since Watergate people are interested in what the past of this country was really like.

— Gore Vidal

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive…

— Bob Woodward

Watergate was a third-rate burglary. It was purely domestic in nature.

— Richard Painter

Watergate had become the center of the media's universe, and during the remaining year of my presidency the media tried to force everything else…

— Richard M. Nixon

I can see clearly now... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate.

— Richard M. Nixon

The great thing about Watergate is, is that the system worked. The American system worked. The press did its job. We did what we…

— Carl Bernstein